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Cute572 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Grammatically correct & Subject-Verb agreement.

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001. I really need to lay down.02br
002. I thought it would be best if I were to rise the curtain.02br
003.The men came today to lay the carpet in the living room.02br
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00While also need help in Subject-Verb agreement sentences. Correct me on these sentences as well!02br
001. Neither my team nor Sandra's team are in the playoffs.02br
002. One pair of shoes cost four dollars now.02br
003. How many times has she told you that same old story?02br
004. The sound of the people were really loud.0-
  

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0This looks like a homework exercise that you should attempt yourself and let us help you with mistakes.02br
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00Hint: In the first group, only #3 is correct; in the second group, three of them contain mistakes.0-
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0 Yes sort of my excercise and pratice. 01b00 02b02br
00But why my in my first goupe 3rd is correct? i mean , is there any problem with the 1st option?02br
00Whats wrong with my 1st sentence in 2nd group? Please help me with this .02br
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0 And Please also point out my mistakes in 2nd group ! 0-
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0Just so you know in case you don't, this forum is not meant for doing homework for ESL students. If you have questions about your homework, you can post your questions together with your answers and the teachers will check them for you. 02br
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00Here's my answer for your first question just to get your warm up.02br
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001. I really need to 01del
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01. I really need to lay down. 01b00Lay is a transitive verb. The intransitive verb is LIE.02b02br
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002. I thought it would be best if I were to rise the curtain. 01b00Rise is intransitive. The transitive version is RAISE.02b02br
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003.The men came today to lay the carpet in the living room.02br
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0 I doesn't get passpot 0-
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10Sorry, what??0-
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0Thanks for the help and clearing my mistakes. For the first group. 02br
00Want to discuss 2nd groupe though.02br
001. Neither goes with singular meaning i would place Verb "is" in place of "are" to balance the sentence right !02br
002. Yes in this sentence i find stuck badly 02br
00i have read that if a sentence begin with infinite pronoun (in thi
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0In the third sentence, 01b00she01i00 02i02b00is the subject. She has told you that story.02br
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00As for the pair of shoes, you will find people arguing both sides of that. I got this part of shoes at the mall. They were on sale. - Poeple switch to the plural when the start talking about the shoes. It's a mean one for someone to p
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0But pair is singular so verb would be Costs ?02br
00and i also heard writer takes ONE as subject in some cases. 0-
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